50 Random Things meme

Because why not!

1. What is the color of your toothbrush.
Dark pink and white

2. Name someone who made you smile today.
OutsideXbox 'Show of the Week' when Mike tried to explain why everyone should have off February 29th. I mean, he made a good point but then it didn't matter because I already have off that day because of PAX lol.

3. What were you doing at 8 am this morning?
Sleeping. Woke up at 6am to make sure the library was open because we were supposed to get snow and as the Manager, I would need to change the phone message but no snow! So I passed back out.

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?
Trying to catch up on all these LJ/DW posts!!!!

5. What is your favorite candy bar?
Caramello - milk chocolate and caramel are always good things.

6. Have you ever been to a strip club?
I saw 'Thunder from Down Under' when I was in Las Vegas, that is the closest I have gotten.

7. What is the last thing you said out loud?
"What do you want cat?"

8. What is your favorite ice cream?
Moose Tracks

9. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Water

10. Do you like your wallet?
Sure? It's just a small case stuck to the back of my phone but there is a sticker of Buffy on it so yay.

11. What was the last thing you ate?
Chex Mix...I'm still eating them...I have a problem.

12. Did you buy any new clothes this weekend?
No BUT they arrived this weekend because I bought them online with my Torrid Cash. One dress is going back though, did not like the style on my physique.

13. The last sporting event you watched?
Uuuuuuh, I looked over Tim's shoulder while he was watching game clips of the Packers game a few weeks ago?

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?
Butter and salt. Though I was going through a kettle corn phase a few months ago...

15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to?
Mathew, he was asking me how much he owed me for PAX badges

16. Ever go camping?
A few times, but it has been a long time.

17. Do you take vitamins daily?
Nope.

18. Do you go to church every Sunday?
LOLZ no.

19. Do you have a tan?
It's winter. I have not been outside for an extended period plus there is no direct sunlight because it is so dark and cloudy...

20. Do you prefer Chinese food over pizza?
This would depend on my mood, though I am kind of pizza-d out at the moment. We haven't really found a good Chinese place we both like.

21. Do you drink your soda with a straw?
If I'm at the movie theater. I only get soda when I'm out so it tends to be served that way.

22. What did your last text say?
"Our family Universal Studios trip is in a week!"

23. What are you doing?
Sitting at the computer, duh. And eating Chex Mix. Do try to keep up.

24. What terrifies you?
Censors

25. Look to your left, what do you see?
Chex Mix LOL. And also my gaming headphones and a pile of papers I should put away. My desk is a mess.

26. What color is your watch?
I have not owned a watch since high school.

27. What do you think of when you hear Australia?
I want to go to there. I went when I was 17 and LOVED it. Also, I guess (sadly) fires. :(

28. Favorite soda?
Dr. Pepper

29. Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru?
Drive thru

30. What is your favorite number?
I dunno...7?

31. Who's the last person you talked to on the phone?
Kathy, my previous co-worker who just retired.

32. Any plans today?
Maybe play a game with Tim if I can wrestle him away from his other game. But it is Saturday and we're both not 100% so just chilling.

33. How many states have you lived in?
4 states, also 1 other country

34. Biggest annoyance right now?
This head cold! And the dark gloomy weather.

35. Last song listened to?
Luke and Ellen singing the Sailor Moon theme song on OutsideXtra's show of the weekend - it was hilarious.

36. Can you say the alphabet backwards?
I have not tried and I don't really see any need to.

37. Do you have a maid service when you clean?
HAHAHAHA what? Nope. This is why our house is dirty.

38. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time?
My LL Bean slippers are what I wear most of the time. But if I have to go out and wander, my Merrel walking sneakers. I don't really like wearing shoes, I'd rather be barefoot.

39. Are you jealous of anyone?
Not at the moment?

40. Is anyone jealous of you?
LOL I have no idea!

41. Do you love anyone?
Yes

42. Do any of your friends have children?
Yes

43. What do you usually do during the day?
Weekdays I'm at work, managing a little library. Weekends, mostly this.

44. Do you hate anyone that you know right now?
Hating someone takes too much energy.

45. Do you use the word 'hello' daily?
Yes

46. What color is your car?
Blue - the subaru is a light blue and the insight is a very dark blue

47. Do you have any pets?
Two cats that are currently pacing around me, wishing I was downstairs with them rather than upstairs on this computer.

48. Are you thinking about someone right now?
Well, now that you asked I am!

49. Have you ever been to Six Flags?
Yes, I think we went for a band trip in high school a few times.

50. How did you get your worst scar?
Chicken pox. I did not listen and I picked at the scabs. So I have a dent in my forehead.

my movie thoughts on 'Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made'

I feel like if you look up "There's a lot to unpack here" in the dictionary, this movie's poster should be used as the image. Because whoa.

It wants to be a lot of things:

It's part documentary about these kids that saw 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' in the 80s and decided they were going to remake it themselves and spent the next 7 years working on it on and off between school and life and such.

It's also part documentary about 3 of these kids as adults and how their relationships changed as they got older, how their dreams changed.

And IT IS ALSO a documentary about 2 of these guys attempting to get the final scene of the movie filmed 30 years later at great personal expense.

AND ONE MORE! It is also a documentary about the cult following their fan film got in the underground film community years later.

I'm not sure the movie set out to do what the guys involved intended it to do, but it is definitely an interesting study in obsession? Or perhaps also this weird issue with filling fulfilled and how people define themselves? It definitely got painful near the end when the one guy's past started to become more apparent with the abusive father and drug habit and the abuse towards his friend...

But when the climatic moment happened, all I could think was "What the hell are you guys doing anyway?"

And when that final note came on screen that said the one guy had quit his job and joined up with the other guy to start a film studio I was like "nooooooooo!!!" because that just seemed to be a really irresponsible thing to do with his family and kids and what not. It felt like the other guy convinced him to do it and we really had NO background on what he had done with his life, except he was unhappy.

Yeah, that's a lot. And I don't think it actually succeeds at any one of these things. BUT it does become an interesting artifact about real relationships and dynamics in groups. It becomes a story about obsession and adults trying to recapture some part of their youth. It is about how so many of us that grow up loving movies use them to fill a certain part of our life, even if we don't quite know what that part is.

I don't think the guys that put this together saw how this was going to reflect back on them. As the credits started rolling, I wasn't sure any of what happened in 2015 was a good idea.

Have you watched 'Raiders!' - what did you think?